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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 14, 1978
Filed:
Apr. 02, 1976
Applicant:
Inventor:
Akira Yamanaka, Yokohama, JA;
Assignee:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
188 / ; 180 / ; 280748 ; 293 73 ; 296 / ; 403-2 ; 403 58 ;
Abstract
An energy absorbing apparatus that absorbs impact energy due to the collision of a vehicle by drawing a drawable member, in such a manner as to subject said drawable member to plastic deformation based on the relative movement between the vehicle's body and frame. The drawable member is supported rotatably by brackets between the vehicle's body and frame, and the large diameter portion of the drawable member is drawably passed through a die mounted on the brackets.